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15-letter words containing d, r, e, a, n

  • pacific madrone — any of several evergreen trees belonging to the genus Arbutus, of the heath family, especially A. menziesii (Pacific madrone) of western North America, having red, flaky bark and bearing edible reddish berries.
  • paedophile ring — a group of people who take part in illegal sexual activity involving children
  • pandorae fretum — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars.
  • panzer division — an armored division of the German army, especially in World War II, consisting chiefly of tanks and organized for making rapid attacks.
  • paracel islands — a group of uninhabited islets and reefs in the N South China Sea, the subject of territorial claims by China and Vietnam
  • parallel-veined — having closely spaced longitudinal veins, as the leaves of most monocotyledonous plants.
  • parent compound — a compound from which derivatives may be obtained.
  • pars intermedia — a small, somewhat cherry-shaped double structure attached by a stalk to the base of the brain and constituting the master endocrine gland affecting all hormonal functions in the body, consisting of an anterior region ((anterior pituitary) or (adenohypophysis)) that develops embryonically from the roof of the mouth and that secretes growth hormone, LH, FSH, ACTH, TSH, and MSH, a posterior region ((posterior pituitary) or (neurohypophysis)) that develops from the back of the forebrain and that secretes the hormones vasopressin and oxytocin, and an intermediate part (pars intermedia) derived from the anterior region but joined to the posterior region, that secretes the hormone MSH in lower vertebrates.
  • part and parcel — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
  • partial denture — an artificial replacement of one or several of the teeth (partial denture) or all of the teeth (full denture) of either or both jaws; dental prosthesis.
  • partners---desk — a desk constructed so that two people may work at it face-to-face, as one having a kneehole and drawers on two fronts.
  • paternity order — a court order which declares a child's paternity
  • peak production — the maximum production
  • pedestrian mall — A pedestrian mall is the same as a pedestrian precinct.
  • pelargonic acid — a colorless, oily, water-immiscible liquid, C 9 H 1 8 O 2 , occurring as an ester in a volatile oil in species of pelargonium: used chiefly in organic synthesis and in the manufacture of lacquers and plastics.
  • penal servitude — imprisonment together with hard labor.
  • penetration aid — a device or tactic, as the use of chaff or decoys or the maintaining of a low flight level, that helps an aircraft or missile to enter hostile air space.
  • pepper-and-salt — composed of a fine mixture of black with white: pepper-and-salt hair.
  • perfect cadence — a cadence in which the tonic chord has its root in both bass and soprano.
  • period-rotation — a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc., because of its particular characteristics: a period of illness; a period of great profitability for a company; a period of social unrest in Germany.
  • perpendicularly — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
  • personal friend — a person who is a friend, rather than a colleague or acquaintance
  • phenazopyridine — a substance, C 1 1 H 1 2 ClN 5 , used as a lower urinary tract analgesic.
  • phenylhydrazine — a yellow, poisonous liquid or low-melting solid, C 6 H 8 N 2 , used in chemical analysis and organic synthesis.
  • piano reduction — a musical score having the parts condensed or simplified in two staves, to render the music playable on the piano by one person.
  • pneumatic drill — a percussive power drill powered by compressed air
  • polychlorinated — having multiple chlorine atoms
  • polyunsaturated — of or noting a class of animal or vegetable fats, especially plant oils, whose molecules consist of carbon chains with many double bonds unsaturated by hydrogen atoms and that are associated with a low cholesterol content of the blood.
  • portland cement — a type of hydraulic cement usually made by burning a mixture of limestone and clay in a kiln.
  • pound one's ear — to sleep
  • powder magazine — a compartment for the storage of ammunition and explosives.
  • prairie-dogging — (in an open-plan office) the practice of looking over the top of one's partition in order to discover the source of or reason for a commotion
  • pre-advertising — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
  • pre-deprivation — the act of depriving.
  • predeterminable — able to be predetermined; able to be determined in advance
  • prejudicialness — the trait of being prejudicial
  • prekindergarten — a school or class for young children between the ages of four and six years.
  • premanufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
  • premier danseur — the leading male dancer in a ballet company.
  • premodification — an act or instance of modifying.
  • prepaid expense — A prepaid expense is an expense that has been paid for before it is incurred, and that is treated as an asset.
  • prepresidential — describing the period before a person's rise to presidency
  • presidents' day — the third Monday in February, a legal holiday in the U.S., commemorating the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
  • prince's island — former name of Príncipe.
  • principal ideal — the smallest ideal containing a given element in a ring; an ideal in a ring with a multiplicative identity, obtained by multiplying each element of the ring by one specified element.
  • privately owned — owned by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
  • pro-confederate — united in a league, alliance, or conspiracy.
  • probation order — an order imposed by a magistrate or judge under which an offender is sentenced to probation rather than imprisonment
  • procrustean bed — a plan or scheme to produce uniformity or conformity by arbitrary or violent methods.
  • product manager — sb who oversees product development
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